Billfold



V. E. WEEKS Sept. 29, 1931.

BILLFOLD Filed Sept. 3, 1929 INVENTOR.

BY 7 ATTORNEY V onvenient to carry. and -fil"St 50 Patented Sept. 29, 1931 V UNITED STATES VIRGIL E. WEEKS, or KENSIISLCITYJMI$SOTIRI BILLroLD Application filed September 3; .1929; I Serial No. 390,190.

My inventionrelates to improvements in tion8' beingeinbraced by one'end of ajclip 9, bill f lds, 'aii dis' adapted tot-urn with aftorsi'on'al move- The object of my invention is to provide II Ientwhen the free or otherend of the clip a novel bill fold which is simple, cheap, light, '9' isswung away from "the strip. 7 5 compact, durable, not likely to get out of The free end of the c1ip 9 bearsa'ga'instts order, which will securely hold bills in comthat art of "the strip containing the reenpact form, which permits the ready and feliclligmember 3,"and is adapted tohold quick insertion or extraction of bills, and with aspring pressure bilislO, Fig. 4:, which which is of an attractive appearance and are {disposed in a pile on'the'stripl The novel features of my invention are pplied" to the adjacent end oftlie stripfas hereinafter fully described and claimed. h g-fi, the ELTIII 0f the 'p in'g In the accompanying drawings, which il- 'Wjflre -1 's upwardly'inclined, asshown in solid lustrate the preferred embodiment of my im- 1 lines 111- Fig; 6; WVhenthechannel member proved bill fold, is applied to the strip the upper flange 65 1 is a plan iew showing my improved tlieliebf engages aTIh when the bi fold in the tretched out or open position, ellithnel li l elhhel lS flattened TOD I l the 'fdl m a part being broken away. sl'ibWnin Fig. 7, so as to embrace bothfsi des Fig. 2 is an enlarged section on the line of j' P; M P 'BSSQ i Q 2-2 of Fig. 1. notch 70f the strip, -thus':in1parting a tor- 70 Fig. 8 is a perspective View of the clip, si'onal tension to'the spring wire which nlarg d, tension causes the clip 9 to bear tightly at Fig. i is a reduced edge view of the bill 'ltSYT'eQ g thestrip or against bills f ld ith bill t d th i 'disposechhetweeirthe clipandtihe' strip. The

Fig. 5 is a plan View, partly broken away un also, being the'notchflserves 7 of on d f th t i td'hold thespring wiree fromlongitudinal Fig. 6 is an enlarged plan View of a pormovement. The 'en'dl of the clip'9which'emtion of the strip, a part of the clip and the braqes the spring wire 6 is d sposed in. the spring, shown as before the channel member h 5 f thechannermember 4:;

is mounted thereon. The clip 9 has between its ends-a bend-out- 80 Fig. 7 is a perspective View, enlarged, of \va'rdly'at l2-,-s0'th'at,"'when bills 10 are in the th h l b bill fold the contacting portion of the clip Sirnflar reference characters designate im- With the Will be parallel, 01 substantially flar parts in the different iews, SO, Wlth said bills. ASShOWIl in Fig. 3, the

improved comprises a, strip inner side Of the free end POIlJlOh Of the Clip 85 composed of two pieces of flexible material, 9 maybe roughened as with milling 13. For as l ath u r d n o th th d convenience 1n insertlng bills, the free end fastened together, as by stitching. portlon of the clip 9 is slightly turned away Between the two pieces of flexible material, f m the strip, Flgs. 2 and 4. 40 designated by 1 and 2 at one end of the strip, 111 the use 0f the bill fold, the bills 10 90 is a reenforcing flat member 3. are sllpped at one set of end portions be- Embracing opposite sides of the strip at tween the clip 9 and the strip, the spring Wire the end having the member 3 is a chann 1 6 serving to hold the clip firmly against the member 4 having in its middle a notch 5 bills. across which extends the free end of a spring The strlp and bills 10 may then be doubled wire 6 the other end of which has a lateral or folded as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4, arm which extends into a notch 7 in the thus disposing the bill fold with the included adjacent end of the strip. The portion of bills in compact and convenient form for carthc spring wire 6 which extends across the rying in the pocket.

notch 5 is flattened at 8, said flattened por- I do not limit my invention to the structure shown and described, as modifications, within the scope of the appended claims, may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

5 What I claim is 1. In a device of the kind described, a strip of flexible material, a clip on the inner side and adjacent to one end of said strip having a free end portion adapted to extend over and to press against said strip, a channel member embracing opposite sides of said strip at one end thereof and having a notch, the other end of said clip extending into said notch, and a spring in said channel member having one end engaged by and held from turning by said channel member and having a portion extending across said notch and fastened to and adapted to swing with said clip and normally forcing said clip at the free 2 end of the latter toward said strip.

2. In a device of the kind described, a strip of flexible material, said strip having at one end portion a flat recni'orcing member, said strip having at said end a notch, a channel member embracing opposite sides or": said strip at said reenforce-d end portion and having a notch, a spring wire mounted in said channel member and having an arm extending into the notch in said strip, whereby the spring Wire is held from longitudinal movement in the channel member, said Wire extending across the notch in said channel member and in that portion being-adapted for torsional movement, said channel member holding said arm from turning, and a clip on the inner side of said strip having one end extending into said notch in said channel member and fastened to said torsional turning portion of said spring, the latter normally exerting a pressure on the clip by which the latter is adapted to press against said strip in that portion containing said reenforcing member.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

VIRGIL E. WEEKS. 

